Real experiences, published anonymously and with permission.
A guava grower in Madhupur, Tangail, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingTangail
He first tried guava in 2015 and expanded seriously from 2018. Thirty-six bighas now carry about 6,000 bearing trees at 1.5 maunds each a year, giving 1.5 crore taka of guava sales and over 1 crore of net profit.
A strawberry grower in Shibganj, Bogura, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingBogura
Strawberry on 25 shatak, at 150,000-200,000 taka a bigha to plant. Fruit brought 4-5 lakh taka or more this season, and selling runners and seedlings to other growers brought another 4 lakh.
A kul (jujube) grower in Amtali, Barguna, in a Daily Star Bangla report
Agriculture & farmingBarguna
He lost his NGO job in 2020 and the next year leased 2.17 acres at 15,000 taka an acre a year to plant more than 400 kul trees. The orchard yields at least 10 tons a season and brings about 10 lakh taka a year, though his price has slipped from 120 taka a kilo to 80-100.
A schoolteacher and papaya grower in Kumarkhali, Kushtia, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingKushtia
Alongside his school job he planted 1,200 seedlings on three bighas in 2025 at a cost of 150,000 taka. Flowering came at four months and fruit at five; the first two months of picking sold 210 maunds for 170,000 taka, covering his costs.
A banana farmer in Lohagara, Chattogram, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingChattogram
Back from working abroad, he planted 320 saplings on one acre in June 2024: 13,000 taka of saplings and 80,000 on labour, fertiliser, pesticide and irrigation. Bearing began at 10 months, and seven months of selling has brought about 250,000 taka, clearing 30,000-40,000 a month.
A rooftop plant seller in Mohanpur, Rajshahi, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingRajshahi
Started in late 2021, the rooftop now holds over a thousand plants including 200-plus adenium varieties. Average monthly income exceeds a lakh taka, and August sales reached 3 lakh.
A nursery owner in Sripur, Gazipur, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingGazipur
Four or five years of selling papaya, brinjal and chilli seedlings from her yard led to a nursery beside the house around 1995. Five nurseries over roughly 30 bighas now employ about 30 people.
A woman growing mushrooms in Atrai, Naogaon, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingNaogaon
She started at home in 2023 with 10,000 taka and 50 spawn packets; 400 packets now give 5-6 kg a day, 40,000-45,000 taka of monthly sales and 25,000-30,000 taka of net income.
A vermicompost producer in Tala, Satkhira, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingSatkhira
He started in 2014 with three trial beds and 20,000 taka. Three hundred beds over four bighas now make about 20 tonnes every six weeks, bringing 2.5 lakh taka a cycle and more than 50,000 taka of profit.
A beekeeper in Sharsha, Jashore, in a Bangla Tribune report
Agriculture & farmingJashore
Beekeeping since 2007, now about 250 colonies. Each box yields around 2 kg of honey per collection, and after all costs the year brings 2.5 to 3 lakh taka.
A poultry farmer in Mahadevpur, Naogaon, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingNaogaon
He fenced off his own yard and began with 300 chicks bought for 15,000 taka. Seven years on, about 40 lakh taka is tied up in the farm and it earns around 8 lakh a year.
A duck farmer in Tarash, Sirajganj, in a Prothom Alo report
Agriculture & farmingSirajganj
Twenty years of duck rearing. He is raising 400 ducklings bought at 26 taka each, sells eggs to hatcheries at 11-12 taka, and recently sold 200 ducks for 70,000 taka.
